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Jungjong of Joseon
11th King of Joseon Dynasty in Korean history · South Korea · Lived 1488 to 1544 · aged 56
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Something wrong?The Korean king who inherited a throne violently emptied by his half-brother's tyranny - not through conquest but cleanup.
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Yi Yeok was the eighth surviving son of King Seongjong, born 25 April 1488 into a line where the throne should never have reached him. His eldest half-brother ruled as Yeonsangun, and ruled badly enough that "tyrannical" became the administrative term. When Yeonsangun was deposed, Yi Yeok became Jungjong, the 11th monarch of Joseon - a second son's second son handed a kingdom in disarray. He reigned until 9 December 1544, a long stretch spent steadying what his predecessor had broken.
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